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Talented Gray’s students take their work to Edinburgh Gallery

Thursday, 22 February, 2018

Students who are in the their final year of painting at Robert
Gordon University’s (RGU) Gray’s School of Art, will host an exhibition of their work at The
Edinburgh Palette Gallery, St Margaret House in Edinburgh later this month.

The interim exhibition gives the students the chance to
showcase their work ahead of the Gray’s Degree Show, which takes place at the
Art School in June.

As well as displaying their work, the exhibition gives the
students invaluable experience in the logistics and organisation of setting up
of an exhibition.

The exhibition will run from Sunday February 25th, to
Saturday March 10th, and is open to the public from 10am to 6pm.

Hannah Stirling, one of the students organising the
exhibition, commented: “The interim exhibition that we hold each year in
Edinburgh allows us to spread the word about the Painting course at Gray’s
outside of Aberdeen.

“For many of us it is our first opportunity to take part in a
formal exhibition and we organise everything ourselves. This has proven to be a
challenge on top of our already demanding course, but one from which we have
already learnt a great deal.

“It's great at this stage to get our work out of the studio.
Seeing it in a gallery space allows us to see it with fresh eyes which is
especially valuable before our Degree Show”.

“We look forward to seeing you all in Edinburgh and at Gray’s
in June!”

Keith Grant, Head of Painting at Gray’s School of Art, added:
“Each year, the 4th Year Painting Department at Gray’s present an interim
exhibition of their work.

“This year marks the eighth year in a row that the 4th Year
Painters have shown at The Edinburgh Palette in St Margaret’s House.

“The exhibition is organised in its entirety by the students,
from logistics and marketing to curation and installation.

“This year twenty-three Honours year students will present a
body of work that explores a diverse range of subject matter while discovering
the possibilities inherent within the medium of paint.”